The 1871 season

22 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1871 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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North Atlantic

16 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 6 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 88.4.

Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Storm50 kt · 999 mb
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 3100 kt · 952 mb
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 3100 kt · 962 mb
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 290 kt
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 170 kt
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 170 kt
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1871Cat 170 kt
Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1871Tropical Depression

South Indian

6 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression
Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1871Tropical Depression

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.